The Sun. — London, England, 1836-08-10 00:00:00

I ' ~~~ i SPTIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS ;The Lords' " Amendments" to the Municipal Cor porations Act Amendment Bill were last night re jected by the Commons. Lord John Russell, on in troducing the subject to the House, stated that there were two or three of the amendments made by the Lords —two especially —to the principle of which he could by no means agree. One had reference to the manner in which the chairman was to be chosen to preside at the election of the Mayor and Council of a Corporation when there was an equality of votes ; the other had reference to the administration of charitable trusts ; and it was with respect to these two amend ments particularly that he was desirous to call the at tention of the House to the situation in which the Lords had placed them by the course that House had thought proper to adopt. With regard to the first of these amendments, which prescribed the choosing a chairman by lot in case of equality of votes, instead of recurring to the suffrages of the burgesses at large or any popular body, he con sidered it a violation of the principle of popular election on which the Municipal Act itself was founded. Still had that amendment stood alone he might have consented to concede it. But, with respect to the amendment relative to the manner of appointing charitable trustees, his Lordship hoped that he should have the concurrence of the House on his motion for rejecting it. It was allowed on all sides that nothing could be more desirable than to put an end to the abuses which resulted from the manner in which the old trustees discharged their functions. It was distinctly stated in various reports on their table that in many places it had been the custom of trus tees of charitable funds to pay them away to indivi duals of one political party, to the exclusion of all others ; and the House would be countenancing the abuse s in question were they to agree to an amend ment which continued them for another year. Some temporary inconvenience might be sustained from the loss of the Bill ; but he would much rather that the power now enjoyed by the trustees Should . remain for a time in abeyance, and that the Lord Chancellor should make such orders as the circumstances of each case might require, than adopt the amendment of the Lords, which would continue to a set of men the power of distributing large sums of money under the pretext of charitable Purposes, while, in fact, they were bestowing them on person s b e l ong i ng to t h e i r own party. Lord Lyndhurst will thus be defeated in his crafty design of continuing the corrupt ex-corporators a second year as the trus tees of the charitable estates of Corporations. The Claus e which would have perpetuated this iniquity was ° llly a cover for the rejection of the Ministerial Bill for the ele c ti on of charita b l e k trustees thro wn ou t l ast wee k by the Lords, a t th e biddi ng o f L ord Lyndhurst. when, however, the motion for disagreeing with t he am en d ments , h a d b een agreed to, Lord John i tnssell stated that, as these amendments involved t he only material point s of difference between the two Houses, as far as the present Bill was Concerned, he should think it his duty to ask a Conference with the House of Lords, for the pur pose of stating to them the reasons which had I nduced the Commons to disagree with the amend- M erits, and whi c h wou ld l ea d t h em to pre f er the loss of the Bill altogether rather than assent to it with such Provisions as had been inserted into it since it origin ally, left t h e i r H ouse. Their Lordships would thus, Ile said, have an opportunity for declaring whether t hey were determined to adhere to those amendments Or not. Th e mot i on o f hi s L ordship was agreed to, and a free conference with the Lords is appointed for te-morrow. The ex-corporators, who have long so notoriously abused their trusts for party purposes, may In the meanwhile ruminate over their loss of power. It was not to be endured that the electioneering de hvices of the Tory Peers should prevail over a reformed ouse of Commons. If Ministers had surrendered this point the S ess i on wou ld li tera ll y have ended in ` nothing." To-morrow we shall demonstrate the great value of the subject-matter of the free conference to the Reformers.—Morning Chronicle. The more closely the conduct of our wretched Mi nisters in th e a ff a i r o f t h e N ewspaper Stamp Duties l i t ill is considered, the more disgraceful, we are satis v!d, it will be pronoun ce d by a ll b ut t h e scurv i est and vVt follows ne most spanie hungering hat the then attempted in thi s case i s a l most noth i ng nen compared with th e manner an d t h e mot i ve of the P g r oceedin g ; and thou g h th e ir pa l try arts h ave b een t ef eated in this experiment, still it deeply concerns the f ° Trlmunity at l arge to b e ma d e sens ib le of, and there :fre to be put upon their guard against, the utter want wi ,Principl e an d o f pro bi ty w i th which these Whigs 41 1 ' go th e w h o l e h og i n any di rty work of party, no 41a go wh et h er they be set up on i n j ur i ng t h e pro nellY or the p ersons o f th e i r po li t i ca l opponents. The L e wapap er propr i etors are sa f e. T he House of Lords 4aelB shield e d t h em . Wh at c l ass o f capitalists may Ih t be se l ec t e d t o b e damaged or destroyed by the refore of a c l ause i n a Money none can tell, an d it behoves all, in common prudence, to be t il l 3 en thei r guar d. A tax h as b een proposed for L a e owners of large newspapers, because they th PPened to be Conservative ; who will guarantee 41 e. lar ge f undholders from a similar visitation, if the o alerity of them prove to be opposed in politics to the 4, ° , ve rnment ? The Ti mes , t h e H era ld, t h e P ost, the St an d ar d are Conservative papers, and Mr. p re e e's inch -knowledge rule was invented for the ex heas purpose of crippling their means, and reducing t to lit to a level with the Government prints. Is it lj° B sibl e that the Board of Trade may follow the et: 1111 1 31 e of the Treasury, and endeavour to apply a li v e levelli ng sc h eme with i n its department ? Let it Ile er be forgotten that the Prime Minister, flattering elf and falsifyi ng a ll hi s t ory , h as to ld t h e Parlia trlt that th e G overnment can b e carried on in spite of majority of the wealth, of the intelligence, and of 4 " l e rank of the country. Lord .Melbourne's wish Ivtit no doubt father to his thought ; and there is b e . O ne way of r ea li z i ng th at wis h . Will i t be at- A Nted ? We know not ; but, from what has been h i e , we h ave a right to i nfer what may be the subject eperiment. The Ministers have brought in a t ou tts ure for ,giving " a heavy blow and great dis- Riviagement to Protestantism ;" another measure for th e ri lh g " a heavy blow and great discouragement to te ln %''ess;" and why should we be surprised if they Wholforward next session with the complement of their R rea e- hoggism— a Bill for giving " a heavy blow and howt di scouragement to property?" The same power, Of j e t * , whi c h, un d er P rov id ence, has warded off two e ou 'oese bl ows, may be safely trusted to protect the p ro ll trY from the third. The House of Lords have decreed that th ey are ne i t h er to b e c i rcumvented by the h te ditabl e art ifi ce o f "tacking" on the sly and un viend, nor intimidated by violent threats, however fo re r lY and coarse l y expressed. Let Mr. Rice there tr it i i ,Y his skill i n t hi m bl e - r i ggery somewhere else 111eibt riot d o i n t h e H ouse of Lords ; and let Lord What cvur ne "go sh ow hi s c l er k s h ow c h oler i c he is: " are the Peers of England for his passion ? But p w ,,. We feel th at we, i n common with the rest of the Pt o l tce, have perfect secur ity f or our lib ert i es an d our rerti e 1.4 fi r s in th e protect i on a ff or d e d by the integrity, in ness, and the independence of the House of ti ler 8 ) still we are quite aware how much of disgrace t ° th e i 8 i n the nati on b e i ng su b m i tte d even nomina ll y e Iv 6ule In o f so contemptible a set of political traders. thay nominally, and the figure they have made Pti tt 16 very business of the registration of the pro i)ro ors of newspapers is an apt illustration of the Ilft;Pteitlrieehtiryaos_ct)_f!orthtyat qualification. The security which, years, has be en . required from news gero„e, prietors, was most vigorously and most cla h\''llo ,Z l l Y o ° PPosed, on its introduction, by the Whigs, e tty of ..unced it as an insidious attack upon the li :e_sebact!,h! Press. Nevertheless the Whigs riot only tlse i utt It Without a word of apology, but added, be tne Radicals commanded them, the registration th e the Proprietors of newspapers, of their shares, t rah 4f a ny Proprietors of these shares, and of the sale or Ntt eti er t of them or of any part of them. They ad -41, ti, at (I tt Y ' at 'd that did not think those provisions neces , c e d th _ at they themselves would not have intro- L'N or , e in ; but, as Lord Lyndhurst well put it, they v ist," lll Pelled to submit , in order to prop t heir tottering Lltla:llee,:o.the. dictation of their masters—the Radi -14e": believ e that what enormity the Whigs 44 attempt, in violation of their past pledges An observation made by Lord Melbourne in the de bate of Monday night, relative to the Newspaper pro prietors, has revived a train of thought in us which, though not consecutive on the subject then under dis cussion, is closely connected with the independence and fair character of the Press, and on which we have been often inclined to express our sentiments. Whether the registry of proprietors be practicable or impracticable, or whether it would give the public any further secu rity than that it has at present, against the license of Newspapers, is not our intention to discuss at present ; but we think there is one point in which many of our Contemporaries too often trespass, that may with great advantage to them be reformed. We allude to the gross terms used towards each other in political ar ticles, and in the replies and rejoinders which those articles engender. How any persons, claiming to be long to a respectable class of society, and by neces sity of their employments, men of education, can in dulge in such scurrility, is inconceivable. We find the words "false," " liar, " knave," bandied about in their angry moments, and a general desire to lower the character of each other in their minor quarrels, as if the application.of these injurious epithets did not dis honour more the source from whence they spring than the persons to whom they are applied—as if the ge neral lowering of the Press did not touch the indi vidual who claims distinction for himself, while he classes his opponent as " a scribe," " an animal," " a hireling," or by some equally discreditable term. Surely we are all employed in debating principles, not in at tacking persons. The great political questions which occupy the public mind are not to be advanced by casting injurious epithets on those who differ in opi nion from us. Why is it that the French news paper press ranks nominally higher than the Eng lish ?—simply from the absence of that personality which so much disfigures ours. In Paris it is an honour to be a public writer—men in the highest classes are ambitious to be thought so. Go to the Tuileries, the Academie, or the Opera, you are pointed out the various editors as men of proud no toriety. In London few of the writers are known, and there is perhaps but one conductor of an esta blished journal who is a member of a club. There is a shrinking from public notice—often arising from the noblest motives ; but the conseqnence of it is, that persons of vulgar mind take advantage of the same incognito to scatter foul words on those who expose their errors either of style or intelligence. There is not a capital in Europe where the leading political writers are not sought after, except in London. Why should men so highly gifted as some of our co-labourers are, wish to shun the light ? A. comparison is sometimes set up between the London and Paris periodical Press, to the advantage of the latter ; but nothing can be more erroneous than that judgment. Whether we take the contents of the co lumns of news, or those of the editorial articles, the London papers are incomparably superior. One translating office distributes to all the Paris offices the foreign news, at 10 sous per line ; while we and our enterprising rivals establish our own correspondence in every capital in Europe, at an expense enormous be yond idea. There are no accounts of Law Courts or police in the Paris Papers, while the London Papers not only give all that may occur before these tribunals, but, on important occasions, offer such reports as even the compilers of cases may with slight alterations adopt. The leading articles of the Paris Press are unquestion ably well done, and several men have attained distinc tion from being their acknowledged authors ; but for strong and profound thinking, for political or learned research, our daily and weekly Papers can well afford a competition. We have seen articles in our Contem poraries worthy of the pen of Junius or of Swift ; and if their French rivals are sometimes more spe cious, the English have the nobler ground to take of being more useful and more true. In order that these advantages should be fully seen, the London Press has only to remedy the defect which we began this article by pointing out. We, ourselves, have borne much in that regard, but found the advantage of not retorting in the same style by the increased respect the offender has shown us on subsequent occasions. Let us therefore take the liberty of suggesting to our able and respectable Contemporaries that mutual for bearance will produce the same good effect to them, and they will find how quickly the public respect will follow such discretion. We have invariably observed, when the character of the Press has been before either House of Parliament, that men distinguished for their talents or experience have borne testimony to the value of its labours, and that it has been only such minor wits as fail in all other topics, who fly to the condemnation of newspapers, as one which admits of much declamation, and on which they are rendered safe by their privileges from being effectually an swered. Let these young gentlemen shoot their point less arrows at men whose thoughts are directed to the noble object of advancing the public good, while we and our honourable rivals lose no opportunity of ele vating the character of the public Press and of making it worthy to be the organ of a great people.—Morning Herald. The anxiety manifested by the Ministerial journals to mystify the subject, induces us to bestow a few more words upon the clause in the Stamp Duties Bill which required the registratio n at the Stamp-office of all the proprietors of a newspaper. The matter, fortunately, is too clear and simple for the most experienced adepts in the art of mystificatio n to involve it even for a mo ment in obscurity or confusion. It is evidently, and beyond the possibility of contradiction or of doubt, a case in which a glaring absurdity and a flagrant wrong, would have been committed by one House of "Parlia ment, under the guidance of his Majesty's Ministers, had not that branch of the Legislature been effectually controlled by the superior intelligence and equity of another branch which, fortunately for the country, will submit to no such blundering and vicious guidance. We agree with the apologists of Government that it is of the highest importance to the public to secure " a due sense of responsibility in the parties who con duct the preSs," and " a cheap and easy mode of transmission for newspapers to all parts of the coun try ;" but we cannot discover the slightest connection between these objects, and that liberal Ministerial enactment, which would at once have annihilated a large proportion of the market value of the copyright of all existing Journals, by imposing restrictions upon its transfer, which would have pre cluded large classes of men, and all women, without exception, from becoming or remaining the holders of this particular description of property, and which would have proclaimed to the world that, in the deliberate estimation of the British Legislature, property em barked in newspapers ought to be less respected than property of any other kind. Whatever Mr. Charles Buller, and Mr. Spring Rice, and Lord Lansdowne, and Lord Melbourne may think of the matter, we ven ture confidently to assure them that robbery and insult are not the means which would have suggested them selves to honest and enlightened Ministers as the best calculated to inspire men having important duties to discharge with " a due sense of responsibility." That the clause of the Stamp Duties Bill suggested by Mr. C. Buller, and adopted by Ministers, would at once have diminished the value of existing newspapers, and impeded the establishment of new ones, is evident on the slightest examination of the manner in which it must have affected the interests and the feelings of individuals possessing orintending to acquire such property. A man shall have laid out the greater part of his fortune for the purpose of making a journal an effective political engine, and at the same time a good property in respect to income and marketable value. He may desire to leave at his decease the property thus created as a pro vision for his widow or daughters. This he would have a good right to contemplate and to effect in the existing state of the law. But these silly or unprin cipled meddlers, Mr. C. Buller and Mr. S. Rice, arro gantly step in, and say, " Stop, my good Sir. Are your wife and daughters willing to be registered at the Stamp-office ? Are they ready to become defendants in their proper names and persons whenever the matter contained in your journal may chance to offend a tyrannical Minister or a litigious individual in private life ? If not, it is useless to think of leaving any por tion of your newspaper property to them. If you still choose to do so they must of necessity sell, and we have taken good care to spoil their market, by attaching vexa tious, harassing, and revolting conditions to the posses sion of this kind of property." Such is, in effect, what his Majesty's Ministers, following the suggestion of the wise Mr. C. Buller, have said and have desired Parliament to ratify. It is what Parliament would , have ratified had the House of Lords been as indif ferent to all considerations of justice, as hostile to the character and influence of the press, as eager to deprive the community of the protection and enjoyment which respectable, well-conducted, and independent journals are enabled to confer, as the House of Commons. Fortunately, however, the House of Lords consists chiefly of men who possess the requisite degree of in telligence and public spirit to correct and controul a besotted and unprincipled Administration, and the feeble and worthless majority in the House of Com mons who lend it their support. It is said, and we believe it, that Ministers have determined to propose to the House of Commons to accept the Stamp Bill, a Revenue Bill though it be, with the just and important amendments which the Lords have made in the measure. The pill, no doubt, is a bitter one, but they perceive the necessity of swal lowing it. At least so we are told, and we re joice to hear it. What will be said now of the Mims terial crotchet in virtue of which it was pretended that the House of Commons should have rejected the Lords' amendments of the Irish Tithe Bill without conde scending to discuss their merits ? The latter was not a Bill of Supply, which the Stamp Duties Bill, both in form and in substance, unquestionably is. The kind of efficiency displayed by the present Ministers of the Crown is calculated to reconcile the community in some degree to their continuance in office. They and their adherents assail, and would overthrow, the Church of England and the House of Lords, both of which gather an accession of strength from every renewed attack. They and their adherents manifest an inordi nate zeal to support and extend the privileges, whether legitimate or pretended, of the House of Commons, and the result of their efforts is another and an equa triumph to their ability, vigour, and discretion.—Morn• ing Post. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at St. James's, the 3d day of August, 183 G, PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. Lord John Elphinstone was, by his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and his Lordship took his place at the Board accordingly. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1836. saying to myself--well, till the day comes in which there shall be no more anniversaries—th e day on which my eyes shall be closed never more to be opened, I shall never re ceive a more flattering invitation. It could not increase my affection for my native country, for that defies augmenta tion ; but it well harmonises with the joy which I have felt on revisiting my native land—a joy which makes i the Scot tish accent s o f th e very c hild ren on your streets s music to my ears. When I forget thee, Scotland, may my right hand forget its cunning.—(lllr. Campbell here sat down amidst tremendous cheering.) Mr. CAMPBELL again rose to propose the health of the Lord Provost and Magistracy of Edinburgh. Bailie MACFARLAN returned thanks, and concluded by presenting the diploma of freedom of the city of Edin burgh to Mr. Campbell, as agreed to at the. meeting of the Town-Council on the preceding Tuesday. Mr. CAMPBELL briefly returned thanks. Mr. CAMPBELL, in a highly complimentary address, pro posed the health of Lord Jeffrey, and afterwards that of the Chairman, Professor Wilson. In proposing the latter toast, he took occasion to mention the following anecdote, connected with Professor Wilson, to the effect that, John Wilson (the ornithologist), who went to America, was mis taken for the poet, and landed on the shore of that country amidst the clapping of hands all over new Orleans, and was walked into the interior of the country in great state. But the Americans, on being told by the said John Wilson that he was not the great John Wilson, turned round upon him with indignation, and were going to tar and feather him. (Great laughter and ch eer i ng .) Mr. R. W. JAMESON gave at considerable length "the Memory o f B urns ;" and immediately afterwards followed it up by the health of Mr. Ainslie, W.S., the well-known friend and correspondent of Burns, who was present in the room. Mr. Ainslie replied to the honour done him, and related the story of Burns crossing the Tweed with him, and kneeling down on the English side of the river, and apostrophising his nativ e land in the words of the last stanza of the Cottar's Saturday Night. Alderman HowITT, of Nottingham, then rose and gave the healths of Wordsworth, Southey, and Moore. He remarked, that there was one thing which seemed hitherto to have escaped the public mind, namely, that the best way to do honour to poets, was t o d o them justice ; and he urged upon the Meeting the necessity o f procur i ng an Act of Parliament to secure the copyright of authors. The CHAIRMAN gave "Joanna Bailie and the Living Poetesses, among whom he named Mrs. Gra n t, o f L aggan, Mary Ho w itt ( w h o w as in th e music gallery, an d was greatly applauded), Miss Mitford, and Miss Landon.-- (Great cheering.) Mr. FERRIER, Advocate, gave the health of " Sheridan Knowles, and the Drama."--(Cheers.) Mr. D. M. Mont gave " the memory of the Ettrick Shepherd," which was drank in solemn silence. The toasts on the list being now exhausted, Professor Wilson drank " good night ;" and the company broke up about half-past eleven o'clock. RESOLUTIONS AGREED ON BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. 1. That the Speaker of the House of Commons do, at the commencement of every session, nominate three barristers, of not less than seven years' standing, to fill the office of assessors to election Committees; such nomination being subject to the confirmation of the House. 2. That one of these shall asssist at the deliberations of every Election Committee, presiding as Chairman, but without power to vote. 3. That in all cases in which there shall be a difference of opinion in the Committee, the assessor shall remain with the Committee, while strangers are excluded : that he shall, before any division, state the question at issue to the Committee, together with his opinion thereon ; that he pronounce the deci sions of the Committee, declaring his own assent or dissent ; and that such assent or dissent shall be recorded in the minutes of the Committee. 4. That the assessors decide, under the sanction of the Speaker, which of their number shall preside over each Com mittee. 5. That if, at the commencement of a Parliament, it shall appear -to the Speaker that the number of election petitions presented is so great that the three assessors will be unable to preside at the respective trials of such petitions, without caus ing considerable inconvenience, it shall, in such case, be law ful for the Speaker, within three weeks from the meeting of Parliament, to nominate, subject to the confirmation of the House, one or more barristers of not less than seven years' standing, who shall officiate as assistant assessors; and that in case, on the arrival of any day, on which an election peti tions shall be appointed to be tried, none of the three assessors shall be disengaged, it shall be lawful for the assessors, or any of them, to appoint, under the sanction of the Speaker, any one of the assistant-assessors to act as assessor and chair man, with all the duties and powers thereof for the trial of !ha petition. - G. That the assessors and assistant-assessors be not Mem bers of the House, and hold no office of profit under the Crown, except that of recorder. 7. That the remuneration of the assessors be by an annual salary ; and that the assistant-assessors be paid in proportion to their respective services. 8. That every Election Committee consist of five Members, to be chosen by ballot. 9. That within ten days after the commencement of every session, the names of all the Members of the 'louse be formed into one general Committee list by public ballot, for the pur pose of fixing the order in which they are to stand on the list; that such list be printed and :circulated with the votes ; that within one week thereafter, the names of Members excused al together from serving on any Election Committees, as well as of those petitioning or petitioned against, and of those hold ing certain specified official situations, be expunged therefrom. JO. That the general list so reduced be then divided into separate lists, or pannels, consisting of no less than sixty Members each. 11. That, if the cause for expunging any such name shall, at any subsequent period, cease to operate, the Speaker shall state the fact to the House, and the name of such Member shall be added by ballot to some one of the pannels from which Committees shall not have yet been struck. 12. That each pannel be numbered ; and that, whenever a day shall be fixed for taking into consideration one or more election petitions, one such pannel be taken by ballot, from from which the required Committee or Committees shall be struck. and opinions, and contrary to their present sense of what is right, depends wholly and entirely upon what the Radicals, especially the Papist-Radicals, may direct them to attempt. By the way, it is not very long since Lord Melbourne, apparently much offended, requested Lord Lyndhurst not to say that measures were forced upon the Government; for that, whether good or bad, their measures were their own, and did not proceed from the dictation of others. For himself, Lord Melbourne said—" Now, I state dis tinctly, once for all, that my opinions, whatever they may be, are my own. Igo as far as I think proper, and I know myself very little, if any one man or body of men can force me to go one step further than I wish. If the Noble and Learned Lord has received his information on this subject from any one else, I take the liberty of informing him explicitly and unequi vocally, that his information is incorrect. If the Noble and Learned Lord has collected his information from his own judgment, I beg leave to tell him that on this occasion at least his judgment has deceived him ; and after this distinct and solemn disclaimer on my part, I trust that the Noble and Learned Lord will see the propriety of not repeating again that insinuation." Will Lord Melbourne have the face to repeat these assertions after the conduct he has pur sued, and the admissions of himself and his colleagues, in reference to the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill ? We hope not, for in that case, besides the unpleasantness of stating what is at variance with the fact, he will have to undergo the ad ditional discomfort of being told of it. In alluding to this species of dictation which is daily and hourly practised on the Government, we trust we may say, without incurring the imputation of desiring to flatter the Radicals, that we think they have done the State some service. We will state how. From the hour at which they first put their collar on the Whigs at Lichfield-house until the moment at which we write, they have been incessantly dragging that fallen faction through the dirt; and within the period we have spe cified they have thus certainly done more than any other set of men ever did to expose the Whigs to the country in their true light. If, therefore, the unmask ing of the most sordid and unprincipled of all political impostors be a service to the community, as we hold it is, our praise of the Radicals should not be thought flattery ; nor should we be looked upon as not in earnest if we add that, in this sense, and for his ser vices of the same kind rendered by means of these re gistration clauses, even Mr. Charles Buller must be remembered among the benefactors of his country Times. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN CAPPER, brass and iron -founder, Sheffield. DAVID BOOTH, brewer, St. John's-court, King-street, Snewhill. JOHN STAGELDOIRE PEILE, music seller, Milford-place, Vassall-road, Lambeth. ROWLAND HUNTER, bookseller, St. Paul's Churchyard. ROBERT CAMP SHEPHERD, carrier, Camomile• street. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE STRUTT, ironmonger, High-street, Camberwell, to surrender, August 17, at twelve, and September 20, at half -past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, offici a l assignee; Wat son and Sons, Bouverie-street. THOMAS AVERY BACON, flour-seller, Markfield, Lei cestershire, August 22, and September 20, at two, at the Castle of Leicester. Dewes and Fisher, Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; Austen and Hobson, Raymond-Buildings, Gray's-Inn. JAMES SIMPSON PROCKTER, glue-manufacturer, Maria place, Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey, Aug. 16, at two, and Sept. 20, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Rushworths, Staple-inn. MORDECAI PARKER, Grimsby, grocer, August 16 and September 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall street. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee; 'Williams and Bethel, Lincoln's-Inn-fields. GEORGE BRAND HUSSEY, wine-merchant, Waterloo place, Pall-mall, Aug. 15, at one, and Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hall, Queen-square, Bloomsbury ; Can nan, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street, official assignee. PAUL BARLOW, silk-throwster, Congleton, Cheshire, Aug. 20, and Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Macclesfield Arms Hotel, Mac clesfield. King, Wilmington-square, London ; Cooper, Tunst&l, Staffordshire Potteries. JOSEPH GIRTON, currier, Northampton, Aug. 15, and Sept. 20, at one, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Chilton, Chancery-lane ; Benson, Birmingham. RICHARD MORGAN, linen-draper, Southampton-row, Rus sell-square, Aug. 19, at half-past one, and Sept, 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Billing, King-street, Cheapside ; Can nan, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street, official assignee. JOHN JOWETT and JAMES MITCHELL, linen-drapers, Regent-street, August 20, at half-past one, and Sept. 20, at half. past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Pancras-lane, Official Assignee ; Turner and Hensman, Basing-lane. DIVIDENDS. H. Cleall, painter, Poole, Aug. 30, at ten, at the Angel Inn, Poole—J. Stead, saddler, Leeds, Sept. 17, a t one , at the Court House, Leeds—J. Taylor, victualler, Birmingham, Aug. 30, at one, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham —T. Cooke, chemist, Parker-street, Liverpool, Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool—A. Hart, clothes salesman, Exeter, Sept. 3, at eleven, at the Half Moon Inn, Exeter. CERTIFICATES—Auc. 30. J. Finney, painter, Liverpool—T. C. Greatorex, picture dealer, Charles-street, Grosvenor-square—M. A. Powles, school-mistress, Kensington—C. Kinder, coachmaker, Little James-street, Gray's inn-lane. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. and A. Markes, confectioners, King-greet, Bloomsbury— G. W. Poole and Co., ironmongers, Wem, Shropshire—J. Taylor and J. Priestman, carriers, Manchester—E. and R. Bliss, brush makers, Barbican—J. and T. Turner, clothiers, Newmill, Ycrk shire—J. Nutt and G. Seager, machine makers, Nottingham—W . . Dossor and J. Wilson, brewers, Kingston-upon-Hull —T. Roydon and J. Weston, shitilwilders, Liverpool—C. Arden and E. Gard, woollen drapers ; Exeter—J. Ashworth and G. Herring, iron founders, Liverpool—C. Arden and E. Gard, woollen drapers, Exeter—J. Ashworth and G. Herring, iron -founders, Rochdale, Lancashire—M. Smith and Co., calenderers, Manchester—A. Wicking and M. Ede, schoolmistresses, Enfield—G. Smith and W. Shallcross, appraisers, Manchester—R. Wallace and E. Faw cett, grocers, Kendal—J. Wagstaff and E. Sidebottom, cotton spinners, Stalybridge, Lancashire —J. Hale and E. D. Puddi combe, surgeons, Silverton, Devonshire—C. R. Woolford and J. Donnell, provision dealers, Liverpool —G. Tyrer and J. Donald son, soda water manufacturers, Liverpool —G. Wilmot and R. Cunliffe, calico manufacturers, Darwen, Lancashire—W. Wilkin son and A. J. Bruce, medical fixture dealers, St. Mary-axe—W. S. Story and Co., tailors, New Bond -street—T. Doo and P. Holland, barge-builders, Christchurch, Surrev—T. Tegg and Co., booksellers (as far as regards H. Wise), Dublin—J. Crich ton and Co., auctioneers, Newington, Surrey—J. Booth and E. Booth, hat manufacturers, Naughton, La ncas hi re—J. B. Platt and , W. Barker, bl ac k sm ith s , Little Bolton, Lancashire. -- - SCOTCH SEQUISSTRATION. WILLIAM BRUCE, upholsterer, Edinburgh, Aug. 12 and Sept. 2, at one, at the Old Signet Hall, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh. An Irish schoolmaster being interrogated by a visi tor---Do you teach writing ? replied yes. Arithmetic ?—Yes. Grammar and composition ?—Certainly. French ?—Yes. Latin ?—Yes. Greek ?—Yes, yes. Geography ?—Yes, &e., and so on till the list of queries were exhausted, answering every question in the affirmative. As he concluded the visitor remarked—" This is multum in parvo indeed," to which the schoolmaster immediately replied—." I teach that; you may put that down too." PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, AUG. 9. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Shire, 1,760 61 pet cent. Ashton and (ndliam....ANtrage 97/. 18s. sh. 102 1,182 64 Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average 1134 sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 51 1,005 54 Brecknocit and Abergav enny 150 ,. sh. 90 4,00015 h. 12/. 10s. Birmingham, 1 -16th share l7l. 10s. 206 4,009 Ditto a , ',d Liverpool Junct....1004 eh. all pd 30 600 . Bridgewater and Taunton -.1004 sh. all pd 64 400 5/. Chelrner and Blackwater 1004 sh. 102 500 421. Coventry 100/. sh. 725 4,546 Croydon Average 31/. 2s. 10d. sh. 3 2,068 1 3/. 10s. Dudley lOO/. sh. '7B 6110 61. Derby 100!. sh. 120 20,000 3,5750 231 43'. Erewash 1001. sh. 400 1,297 294 Forth and Clyde kverape 4001.165. sh. 600 1,500 12/. Grand Junctiw. .,.... , „... 00/. sh. 212 2,8491 Grand Union 1001. sh. 25 1,521 Grand Surrey lOOl. sh. 10,0001. 4/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 75 3,096 Grand Western 1004 sh. all pd 19 600 13!. 12s. Sd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley ................. 1004 sh. 141 749 • iOt. Granthatn 150/. sh. 202 3,233 14 10s. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 32 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 5,318 H. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/.135. 10d. sh. 21 2,897 f 20/. Leeds and Liverpool .....................100!. sh. 510 515 12!. Leicester l4O/. sh. 149 907 41. Leicester and Northampton... Aver R 34108. 78 2,400 9/. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 200 258 9/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 58J 3,00 Macclesfield 1001. sh. a ll p d . 54 247 0 15/. Neath 1004 sh. 325 1.786 321. Oxford . 100/. sh. 5811 522 21. Oakham 1304 sh. 38 2,400 4/. Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. 104 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. ;7 5,669 5/. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 113 500 81. Shropshire 1'251. sh. 140 000 101. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. IGO 5,0001. 61 percent. Ditto back Fund Stock ..... ....... 12/ 10s. sh. 111 700 364 Stafford and Worcester l4O /. s h . 690 ' 500 114 Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 245 300 8/. Stourbridge 3,647 1/. 10s. Stratford-on. Avon ...Average 79!. 9s. bd. sh. 53 533 134 Swansea 1004 sh. 215 3,762 14 Severn and Wye and Railway...Av 35/. sh. 171 2,600+80. 324 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 579 8,149 Thames and Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. Bd. sh. 2 I ' WClsh 'i 15/. Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh. 276 1,000 h. 9go 124. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 216 6,000 3/. les Worcester and Birmingham... Av. 784 81. sh. 81 5,000 255. Wilts anti Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 181 800 6/. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 45 905 1/. Wey and Arun llO/. sh. 22i DOCKS. 2,600 & 3 p . c. Commercial p.loo /. s h . 1,06515 h 493,6678/. 4 per cent. East India .....Stock 3,238,3101/. 50s. p.ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds ,380,000!. Si. per et. West India Stock 2,209 3/. 6s. 4d. Bristol Average 147/. I9s. sh. 68,3244 5!. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,352,752 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Shoreham Hat hour 2.500 Deptford Pier BRIDGES. 1,600 1!. Hammersindl: 5O/. sh. 7,231 Southwark, t •,d Av. 63/ 2s. Sd. sh. 1,700 14 15s. Ditto, New, 0071 per cent. 5O!. sh. 5,000 5,000 14 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6O/. pd 5,000 19s. lid. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 60,0001. 54 per cent. Ditto Bonds 6,000 14 Vauxhall Average 701. 108. 3d. sh. AS,URANCE COMPANIES. lose F 5 116 90 102 102; 2,000 Si 10s Albion 500/. sh. 501. pd 78 50,000 E 5 per cent.] Alliance, Briti.:ll & Foreign 100/. sh. 10/. pd 13; and ss. 50,000 3 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd 5; 24,000 ;1. per sh. Atlas 1,20015 h. 4/. Birmingham 1 - ire 250/. sh. 55/. pd 105 20,000 4/ per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 45 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 504 A. 5/. pd 61 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Med i..al,&c. Life, 160/.sh. 12/1050 3; 4,000 21 lOs County 1004 sh. 10/. pd 42 10,000 ss. Eagle f 5 per cent} 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 6 200 10001. sh. 250/. pd 373 Land 30l bs. Economic Lite 2,271 51/. per cent. European Lite 0 01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 1/.12e 1,000,000/1.17r/e.pseprcett.l Hope Globe 40 1 ,0 0°0 00 31. Stock 160 Guardian lOO/. sh. 27,11 pd 351 [Life 8 a ct..; 2,400 5/. 75. - 60. Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 50/. pd 121 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 10 13 ,453105.6d.'per sh. Indemnity Marine 100/. sh. 8/. pd 17 2,020 3110 s Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92 31. Ditto Life 79 10100 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 281 3,900 London, Fire 25/. sh. 12/. 10 - 6. pc! 15 1 000 London, Ship 25/. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 15 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium I.'ito 5O/. sh. 2/. pd 017 s 6d ' 250 ,001 Is. 6d. Protector Fit o 2O/. sh. 21. pd 1118.00 2,500 1/. Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 101. pd 191 100,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. 2/. pd 7 689,220 s 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 225 Sun 2lO 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 51 5 0,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2l. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,000 Agric. antlCumin. of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 14 5,000 Australasia 4O/. sh. 40/. pd (10 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Bit mingliam 5(l. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 14 18,000 2 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 15/.1,d .241 3,000 ..... ... Lancaster 100/. sh. 20/. pd 30 25,000 6 per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. 10/. pd 22 30,000 71 per cent. Man c h es t er a n d Liverpool 1004 ch. 10/ Discount pd 2 4 20,000 6 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank or Ireland 100/. sh. 25/. pd 42 20, 10 5 per cent. National Bank of Ireland 5.4. sh. 121/. pd 141 10,000 National Provincial Eng. lOO/. s h. 25/ . p d 28 10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 71/. pd 15 6,000 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 1112 s Bath 2O/. sh. 161. pd 25 5,0(10 64 per cent. British 4Ol. sh. 164 pd 211 ,-, A ,„ f5/.percent."; s .‘""'" 'and Bs. ss. j Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd 24 844 5/ 10s Birmingham 5O/. sh. 105 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2 O, sh. 40 1,500 Brighton 2Ol. sh. 14j 750 Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 11l 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 19 4,000 N. Continental Consolidated lOO/. 511/. pd 94 1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 185 1, 0 00 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. 10s. Equitable 4O/. pd 31 10,000 5/. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 43 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thatiet 251. sh. 20/. pd 191 2,350 61. per cont. Independent 3O/. sh. all pd 48 1,500 71 per cent. Leeds "0/ sh. 201. pd 25 9,0(10 3/. per cent. Plurnix 50/. sh. 39/. pd 221 1,000 4/. per cent. Rateliff 4,030 South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 13/. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 451. pd 37 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 504 sh. 50 400 Si. per cent Wakefield . 251. sh. 224 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12 Ditto, New 5l l. sh. 1(1/. pd 10 800 Yarmouth 201. oh. 181. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 4,801) Birmingham 251. sh. 25/. pd 26 4,433 5/. East London lOO/. sh. 136 4,500 2/ 10s Grand Junction ....Average 411. 13s. 4d. sh. 53 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 46 388 10/. Liverpool !tootle 2201. sh. 310 1,500 21 lOs New sliver London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 1/. Mr.nchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 52 Loii iido ~..Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 821 S° W u e t s h t Middlesex.... Av 100/. sh. 84 York Building Co. Lesse e P rop 100/ . s h . 35/ IRON RAILWAYS. 201 1 ::3650 00 50000 0 4 p u e 3 r ll.4 c s ent. Aylesbury 2O/. sh. 11. pd. 1 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 0; Bristol and Exeter 1 21 660 Bolton and Leigh 10,000 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. 2/. pd. 1 2,000 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/. pd 43 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean 5O/. pd 28 30,000 25,000 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. pi 100 2,100 Hull and Selby 5O/ sh. 5/. pd 41 2,1(10 Leeds and Selby 1 00 sh. 120 1,500 Leicester and Swannington -.50/. sh. all pd 48 5,10 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo4sh. 100/. psi 260 Ditto Quarter Shares "5/. pd 61 70 1441. Loughborough 10,000 London and Brighton lOO4 sh. Si pd 41 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') -.20/ sh. 1/. pd 0; Ditto ditto (Rennie) 12,000 London and Dover 50/. sh. 1/. pd 011 30,000 London and Gravesend 2O/ sh 1/. pd il 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich "0/. sls. 20/. pd 248 25,000 20,000 London and Croydon lOl. pd 94 20,000 Northern and E as t ern lOO l. s h . 3/ . pd 2; 12,500 North Midland lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 9; 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3/. pet 134 1,000 6/, per cent. Stockton and Darlington ..j001. sh. 240 8,000 6,000 York and North Midl an d 5O /. s h . 1/ . pd 14 MINES. Albion Copper 5/. oh. 01. pd 0; Alten 15/. sh. 11/.los pd 10 Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/, pm... 1004 oh. all pd 5 Ditto Subscription .951. pd 51 Bolanos , 1501. s h all pd 1471 Brazilian Imp. iss. Si. pin 35/. sh. 204 pd ti) Macauba.s & Cocacs United 251. sh. 224 pd 19 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 84/. pd 5 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/. sh. 201. pc! 11 Ditto S , Tip 6/. p 4 B'- British Iron 501. oh. 50/ pa 37} British Copper Si. sh. 341. pd 3; Cato Branca 61/. pd 7 Candonga 741. pd 7; Copiapo 2O/. sh 12// pd 20 - Columbian, iss. 5/. pin. English l2/ Rs. pd '22 General Misting A ssociation...2o/. oh. 15/, pd 10 Mexican Company 100/. sh 5214 pd 1 Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 8/. pd 8 Real del Monte, Unregistered l9l Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 135 United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....401. sh. all pd 31 Ditto Scrip :1; Ditto Subscription '2l. pd Ditto New Scrip 5/ lid 4 Union Gold, i ss . 21.55. pm.... 2214 sh. 444 pd West Cork 50 sh. 50/. pd 35; LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 201 London University 1001. sh. all pd 24/ ...... ... Russell 0 5gs. sh. 8 King' College 100/. pd 30 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 10s. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 2CII. pd 41 1,030 11. Auction Mart S)1. oh. 19 6,000 British American Land Company l3l. pd 11 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Company lOW. sh. 23/. pd 37; 200,000 5/. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 4 pin City Bonds, 4 per cent 1034 15,000 1/. per cent. General Steam Navigation ...15/. sh. 13/. pd '271 104 per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 19 New Brunswick Land Company 281 pd 254 2,754 5/. per cont. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 100/. lid 131 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 10n/. sh. 45/. pd 774 4,000 ......... Thames Tunnel 50/. sh. all pd 8 10,000 ......... Van Diemet.'s Land 1001. sh. 171. pd 131 8,000 4,000 10,000 2,000 10,000 3!.18. 6,0L0 31. 20,000 153 :00{1 ,500 30,000 MOO ......... 1,000 ,500 700 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, AUG. 1, 18:36. BANES. p. ct. Ban'; of Scotland S 3/. (is Sd. sh. all pd 2011. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland... ......... ...1001. sh. all pd 1721. bp. ct. British Linen Company I 00/. sh. pd 2451. p. ct. Commercial 50511. sh. 100/. pd 1621. SP. et. National lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 154 41. p. ct. Glasgow Union 25 , 1. sh. 50/. pd 6.11. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland yoot. sh 301. pd 391. 1,500,00 1 /. 2,000,0 k/. 500,01(1. 3,000,0+)(1. 5,000,0001. 2,00 0 ,0. 1 ('/. 4,000,010/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250.0005 h. 61 p. et. S cott i sh Union 20/. sh. 1/. pd 'Xs 7,500 sp. a. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 13/ 15s. 11x',000 sp. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd '71155. 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 151. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 16/0s 5,000 6p. et. Edinb urg h Lif e 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1410 s 100,000 . West of Scotland lOl. pd 1010 s MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 Edin. and Was Un. Cunal 50/. sh. all pd 22 /. Ditto Alloca!ed 91 , 1. bli. all pd (154 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb.:.lerit Stock Water 25/. sh. all pd 3S/. Carron Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd 4501. 2,0005 h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 50/. sh. 3 4 /. pd 35/. 10,010 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith GEM ....20/. sh. 16/. pd 7i/. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 6./. 4,450 per cent. Glasgow Gas tnt. sh. all pd 601. 750 6 per cent, Leith Coal Gas .201. sh. all pd 401. 1,200 5 per cent Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rail way...50/.sh. 60/. 3,000 5} per cot Equitable Lea', Company 25/. sh. 91. pd 10/. 10,000 ... 10,000 . 20,001 11. 10s. 6,000 ,000 10,000 $,500 2;850 DINNER TO THOMAS CAMPBELL, AT EDINBURGH. On Friday a public dinner was given in the Hopetoun Rooms to the Author of the " Pleasures of Hope," &c., at which about 25C gentlemen were present. Professor Wil son was in the chair, supported on the right by the Bard of Hope, Baiilia Macfarlan, Dr. Lee, Bailie Veitch, &c. ; on the left by Adam White, Esq., Provost of Leith, Professor Trail, Baillie Donaldson, Dr. Beilby, Professor Furman, of South Carolina, Professor Alison, &c. After the usual preliminary toast s had b een d ran k, The CHAIRM AN , w ho was received with loud and con tinued cheers, said, in the absence of one who on every account--from his high character—from his reputation— from the universal esteem in which he was held by his countrymen—from his long and uninterrupted friendship with their distinguished guest, was more worthy of the situa tion than himself—he meant Lord Jeffrey—(Cheers) —in his absence he was called upon to take the chair. And yet he did not feel as if be were guilty of presumptio n in occu pying that place. In devoted love to that art of whi c h t h e i r guest had proved hi mse lf a m i g h ty master—in a personal friendship now o f many years standing—in admiration of the genius, and pride of the works which his country had produced, he yielded to no man—(Cheers) --and therefore he could speak even fearlessly on that occasion, under the assurance that there was no need of eloquence ; that as the warmest form of words would prove inadequate to express to their distinguished guest the sentiments they felt towards him, so words even the coldest could scarcely fail to strike a chord in their hearts, which would show to him that in the admiration of his genius they were a band of brothers. —(Loud cheers.) Honours, lately, as heretofore, had been paid to him by the people of the west—by that noble city which was his birth-place, and at whose University he had commenced his bright career, where the scenery of the Cart and the Clyde had first inspired his muse, and his imagination was kindled by the far distant majesty of the Highland hills, lochs, and bays, where, to use his own beautiful language, " The hunter of deer and the warrior strode To his hills that encircle the sea."—(Cheers.) He came to this place, which witnessed the dawn of his genius —a dawn equal to the meridian day of any other. Here he gave the finishing touches—here, he might also say, for others had said it, here he brought to perfection that beautiful poem which at once placed him in the highest rank of poets, and ranged him among the immortals.— (Cheers.) There were many there who remembered that poem when it was first produced ; there were not a few who felt thenoble aspirations of their own youth strengthened and invigorated by the sentiments that were displayed in those animated pictures, and delineated with that - vividness which only genius can produce. True it is that time sanctifies the works of the poets—true that it sheds a mellowing lustre on their immortal productions ; but it is also true that there is a delight and a charm which encircles, as with a halo, the brows of a living poet, when, in the energy of youth and prodigal of genius, in " thoughts that breathe, and words that burn," he appeals to all the noble aspirations of humanity, with the depth and force of some lofty instrument of music.—(Cheers.) It has been said, and truly said, by a beautiful poet, Beattie, that it is difficult to climb " The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar." Many faint and falter in the attempt ; many are cut off in youth before the bright promise of their genius is fulfilled ; many have their laurels withered even by the blast of envy ; but not so was it with him, who with all the enthusiasm of youth, combined all the powers of manhood, and whose first work could only be eclipsed by a greater work of his own. —(Cheers.) He (Professor Wilson) was not one of those who thought that the darker and fiercer passions of huma nity were the best and noblest materials for poetry ; he did not think that the darkest and fiercest passions were the strongest ; but love, pity, grief, joy, fidelity, and self-devo tion—all that made private life lovely and public life useful to mankind—these were the noblest materials for poetry, and they were spread through " The Pleasures of Hope." —(Cheers.) [Here the Professor entered into a succinct and eloquent criticism of that poem.] The true poet, he continued, is a lover of peace, but, when the times arise when the sword is drawn in the cause of liberty and truth, then he appears under the aspect of a patriot, and his magic and terrible glance confronts the oppressor, and seems as if they were enough to dissolve those fetters, which the tyrant, in vain, would wreath around th e li m b s of the slav e . Th ese sentiments their guest had beauti fully expressed, when, in strains that would never die, he exclaimed, " Departed spirits of the mighty dead ! Ye who at Marathon and Leuctra bled ; Friends of the world, restore your swords to man, Fight in his sacred cause and lead the van ; Yet for Sarmatia's tears of blood atone, And make her arm puissant as your own."—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then alluded to the other poetic compo sitions of their distinguished guest, and referring to the ad vances that were now making in science and general im provement, he continued :—" But let us trust that, amidst this splendid career of social improvement, poetry shall ne ver die—that the inspiration which sheds new charms on our nature—that the inspiration which, coming from such a man as Burns, made the peasant prouder of his lot than the Peer could ever be of his ; let us trust that poetry whether expressed in the fine arts or in song, will still go hand in hand with what is called the severer sciences ; and that the Statesman will look on that as an art which makes po litics more pure, which makes religion more sacred, and which adds to the strength of the country in inspiring its sons with heroic enterprise. I feel a noble confirmation of the truth of these sentiments in this company, composed of men of so many different pursuits and different opinions, but of men who all strive for the happiness of their country, but who may differ as to the means, politically speaking, of acquiring that end, But they each prove worthy of their own creed ; when they assemble here, every distinction laid aside, and every heart leaping in every bosom at the pre sence of genius, which shows that the many touches of na ture with which his poems abound, make us all brothers at heart. 1 beg to give the health of Campbell."—(Loud and continued cheering.) Mr. CAMPBELL said—When I look round this meeting, and find that it contains some, nay, many of the most distinguished characters of one of the most intellec tual cities in the world, I feel that philosophical eyes are upon me, and I should be peculiarly sorry and ashamed if I were betrayed before such discerning witnesses, into the weakness of showing that I am a man who cannot bear with equanimity even this load of honour which you have conferred on me. The very height to which your dis tinguished hospitality raises me, places me in the most try ing light with regard to the answer which I ought to give to this expression of your favour. It places me in the most difficult position into which, perhaps, a man can come, that of speaking for himself when he is not accused.-- (Laughter and cheers.) When a man is-highly compli mented by those whom he deeply respects, to say the least of it, he is assailed on his weak side. If he is a vain man he finds it difficult to conceal his vanity ; if he is a man of a lively temperament, he is in danger, in the warmth of his gratitude, of betraying a burst of self-complacency, which may be simple and natural enough in itself, but which may not be so suitable on reflection.—(Hear, hear, hear, and great laughter.) Nevertheless, though I should be sorry to be betrayed into this extreme sensibility even on the present occasion, I should be still more loath to seem that frigid piece of humanity, which could affect in difference, under the manifestation of your kindness. Your first Magistrate sent me a letter, inviting me to this enter tainment, in the name of his fellow-citizens. The invita tion was equivalent to a command of Royalty ; for it came in name of the Sovereignty of the people—(Laughter and cheers)—and all the more gratifying, as it included a notice that politics and every thing else which would not insure the harmony of the meeting was to be banished. If that is not hospitality, I know not what the word means.—(Loud cheers.) I have known men, who were not in themselves insincere, and who yet, when placed in the circumstances in which I stand, betray a species of insincerity, from embar rassment more than from affectation, who, in receiving a compliment, reply that they are wholly unworthy of it, and become plaintiff against their own poor merits.---(Laugh ter.) Such l anguage I h ave no intention to imitate. If you think that your talented and eloquent . Chairman has done my m er it s no more t h an j ustice, I am in your Court, and at your mercy ; and it is no business of mine to put in a disclaimer.—( Cheers.) I came to Edinburgh a young adventurer, an d I t hi n k i t was h appy for me, and h as contributed to my happiness at the present moment, that I came without wealth.—(Hear.) There, I certainly attracted the b enevo l ent a tt e ntion of the first spirits of the age. But allow me here to vindicate myself from t h e sus picion of accep ti ng any o bligation which might compromise my most fa s tidi ous f e elings.—(Her.) I l ive d b y my ho nest industry ; but at the same time I ex c it e d a benevo lent int eres t, f o r I had the reputatio n of being not over wealthy, and not over abounding in worldly wisdom. These men were Dugald Stewart---I can only enumerate the most distinguished_Malcolm La ing , M r. Allison, the Man of Taste—(Cheers) —Dr. Gregory, an d Henry Mackenzie, the Man of Feeling. These men communicated their par tial opinion of me to the then generation ; and that has transmitted it to the present, so that I am happy to find myself still tolerated among you.—(Laughter and cheers.) But why have I omitted to mention the glory of his age, and the delight of the world, Sir Walter Scott—that good man, who never spoke slightingly of any poetry but his own ; that great man, who conquered the soul of Europe more widely and permanently than Napoleon conquered its soil.--(Cheers.) (During these latter sentences Mr. C. was evidently much affected, and here made an apology for the warmth of his feelings.) He stated—The day on which I received your Provost's invitation, I looked at it with some interest, when I perceived that it. arrived on the anni versary of my birth-day.—(Cheers.) That day to a gentle man of my years, is apt to bring with it serious reflections ; but, in spite of those serious reflections, I could not help 13. That the names of the pannel so taken be circulated with the votes, together with notice of the day on which it is appointed to attend. 14. That if any Member, whose name is left on any pannel, shall die or vacate his seat, and be succeeded by another Mem ber, the name of such last Member shall, after fourteen days from his return, unless he be petitioned against, be substituted in the place of the former, and he shall be liable to be called on to serve as such former would have been. 15. That on such day the pannel be called over; that no excuses be received except " leave of absence granted by the House," " voted at the election," or such other as shall ap pear to the House an unavoidable cause of absence, or of ina bility to serve. 16. That if a Member shall not answer to his name, and the excuse made for him shall not be allowed, the House do order the Sergeant-at-Arms to take such Member into custody. 17. That the House do not give leave of absence to any Member extending to the day on which the pannel containing his name is ordered to attend, except under very special cir cumstances. ..y 18. That from the Members of the pannel then present, names to compose each Committee be drawn by ballot ; and peremptory challenge, to the number of five being allowed to each party, the first five names drawn, and passing unchal lenged, do form the Committee. 19. That the Committe shall abate by reason of the death or absence of more than two of its Members. 20. That if at any time during a session it shall be found that each pannel has taken its turn of service, the Speaker shall state the fact to the House, arid the H ouse s h a ll appo i nt a day for the formation of a fresh general committee list, which shall be formed as ab ovementiOned, except that, in ad dition to the excuses to be received on such occasion as afore said, the names of all Members who shall have served on any election committee during the session, be also expunged from the list; and that from such fresh general committee list the new pannels be form e d , and the committee finally appointed for each petition, and struck as aforesaid. 21. That under such regulations, as the House may adopt, members be allovved to exchange from one pannel to another. 22. That every Election Committee have power by an una nimous vote, to sit during the sittings of the House, unless the House shall command the attendance of its members. 23. That whenever a division shall take place in the com mittee, the names of the members voting for or against any resolution shall be entered in the minutes, and publicly read by the chairman, when announcing the decision of the Committee. 24. That in all cases which there shall, on a division, be an equal number for or against any resolution, the same do not pass. 25. That the reports of the Committee be presented to the House by such one of its Members as shall be•selected by the Committee for that purpose. 2G. That the Committee shall in all cases allow or appor tion the cost s , w i t h out i ts b e i ng necessary for it to declare whether the petition or defence be or be not frivolous or vexa tions. 27. That the assessor, who presided at the trial of the peti tion, be one of the taxers, instead of the clerk of the House. 28. That the th ree c h a i rmen s h a ll from ti me t o t i me, and at such times as th e y s h a ll a pp o i n t, sit as a Cou r t o f A ppeal, to hear and decide appeals from revising barristers on circuits, by way of spccial case, on questions of law alone. ( See Re gistration Bill, as amended on second re-commitment, clause 10.) 29. That no such appeal be entertained unless lodged within after the date of such decision, and brought to hearing within period.—( Ibid. clause 11.) 30. That the registers be amended in pursuance of such de cison.—( Ibid. clause 12.) 31. That the provisions of clauses 13, 14, 15 of that Bill be adopted for this Court, so composed of the throe chairmen. after the same e materials forming the interior of the old Star Chamber, in the ancient Palace of Westminster, were, at the recent sale, purchased by the proprietors of the Leasowes Hotel, on the Cheshire coast, near Liverpool, where, having been arranged into an apartment, it forms no inconsiderable object of attraction to antiquarian visitors. y )~